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AfCFTA: NANTS decries absence of national trade policy as agreement takes-off On By Victoria Ojeme The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has called for an urgent drafting of a Nigerian national trade policy document to harmonised all trade relations with neighboring and third-party countries. This is coming as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) goes into force on January 1, 2021. Following years of preparation, and a pandemic postponement from its original start date in mid-2019, the world will welcome the largest free trade area since the development of the Worl...

Fibre2Fashion Steps by UK Government to empower businesses By: Click to explore our newest 'AI enabled' Analytics. Share The UK government has taken a slew of measures to uplift the country's business sectors and ease trade relations between UK and other countries. This includes the UK Internal Market bill, UK's Membership in CPTPP, UK-Japan FTA and many others. Fibre2fashion presents a detailed report. UK Internal Market Bil...

UK Global Tariff 'offers some safeguards for farmers', NFU says 18 December 2020 | Steps have been taken to bring into effect the UK’s first independent global tariff regime for 50 years Farmers have been provided with a degree of certainty after the government's new import tariff regime will largely maintain import tariffs at present levels. Post-Brexit legislation implementing the UK Global Tariff (UKGT), to come into force from 1 January 2021, was laid in parliament this week. It will replace the EU’s Common External Tariff as the UK’s Most Favoured Nation tariff – the framework i...

Legislation for the UK’s independent tariff policy Today the Government has taken the necessary steps to bring into legal effect the UK’s first independent global tariff regime for almost 50 years. From: 16 December 2020 From the 1 January 2021 the UK Global Tariff will replace the EU’s Common External Tariff as the UK’s Most Favoured Nation tariff – the framework it will use to trade independently outside of free trade agreements. The UK Global Tariff is tailored to the needs of the UK economy, backing British business to compete on the world stage. It’s simpler to use, green...

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